A friend of mine, Jim Ronay recommended Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston as Booklobby material. The Web Site says:
"Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, documents "how the wealthiest Americans enrich themselves at government expense (and stick you with the bill)."

More: Bill Moyers interviews David […]

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“Dear Senator John McCain,”
So began my first Booklobby.
BookLobby is an online service that brings together voters and authors to insinuate themselves into the lobbying process. This is a part of government that has been largely off limits to individual Americans. “You got your vote. Now, leave us alone.”
Not anymore.
My Booklobby starts with the following sound […]

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I find it interesting that this quote made the list of most quotable quotes in my home town paper. The reference below is from MiamiHerald.com.
Penn is known, but doesn’t rate the kind of activist coverage that, say Bono does. I think his bad boy reputation makes some activists nervous.
So if the celebrity doesn’t explain […]

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